June 2013
“Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of churches.”
—(via pluteum)
“Men who want to be feminists do not need to be given a space in feminism. They need to take the space they have in society & make it feminist.”
—Kelley Temple, National Union of Students UK Women’s Officer (via howkrule)
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10 Signs that Feminism May Not Be For You
June 18, 2013· by bellejarblog · in Feminism, Gender, Gender Politics
I’m typically a huge proponent of the idea that feminism is for everybody. Feminism is for ladies! It’s for men! It’s for…
- young person: we're constantly silenced because of our age, and are at a higher risk for abuse. we are assumed to be horrible people, and when a single member of our age category fucks up, it is attributed to all of us. we aren't allowed to choose what happens to our own bodies. in many countries it is legal for our parents to hurt us physically, and it is illegal for us to defend ourselves against them. our problems and emotions are written off as "teen angst" or "tantrums" and this can make it nearly impossible for us to get support. practically every aspect of our existence is put into a double bind. we're expected and encouraged to be depressed and even suicidal, and no one thinks there's something wrong with this.
- adult: adult privilege doesn't exist because i had to work an extra shift this week.
The strongest ‘pound for pound’ muscle is the uterus: it weighs around 2 pounds but during childbirth can exert a downward force of 400 Newtons, which is one hundred times as strong as gravity and equivalent to the power in a fully extended modern longbow.
I need masculism because I am afraid.
you should be
